Patents by Inventor Shinichiro Tokuyama
Shinichiro Tokuyama has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 11967838Abstract: An auxiliary power receiving device includes a power receiving unit, a notification unit, and a notification controlling unit. The power receiving unit receives power from a power transfer signal, which is used to supply power from a power transmitting device to a power receiving device. The notification unit may be provided on a main surface of a plate-shaped member. The notification controlling unit controls a notification performed by the notification unit in accordance with a power reception condition of the power transfer signal at the power receiving unit.Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 2022Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD.Inventors: Tomokazu Sakai, Shinichiro Fuki, Teppei Abe, Shigeo Takeda, Yuki Tokuyama
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Patent number: 11916409Abstract: A power transmitting device includes a power transmission unit using contactless power supply, processing circuitry configured to switch a power transmission mode of the power transmission unit between a normal output mode and a limit mode, and a transmission-side communication unit configured to execute communication with a power receiving device. The processing circuitry is configured to determine whether the power receiving device is a registered power receiving device based on information related to the power receiving device obtained from the transmission-side communication unit, determine whether the registered power receiving device is located inside a power transmission range of the power transmission unit, set the power transmission mode to the normal output mode when determining that the registered power receiving device is located inside the range, and set the power transmission mode to the limit mode when determining that the registered power receiving device is not located inside the range.Type: GrantFiled: January 6, 2023Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD.Inventors: Atsushi Sugihara, Shinichiro Fuki, Kazuhito Kawamura, Yuki Tokuyama
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Patent number: 11873822Abstract: A centrifugal compressor includes a rotary shaft having a plurality of impellers and a casing having an intermediate discharge port. The casing has a plurality of diaphragms, an external casing, a return flow path that guides a flow direction of a working fluid to an inner side in a radial direction, and an intermediate scroll that guides part of the working fluid discharged from the impeller in an intermediate stage to the intermediate discharge port. The intermediate scroll has a scroll flow path formed on a second side in the axial direction with respect to the return flow path, and an introduction portion connecting the return flow path and the scroll flow path, and an outer flow path forming surface of the scroll flow path is formed by a casing inner peripheral surface facing an inner side of the external casing in the radial direction.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2023Date of Patent: January 16, 2024Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES COMPRESSOR CORPORATIONInventors: Akihiro Nakaniwa, Jo Masutani, Shinichiro Tokuyama, Yoshiaki Shoji
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Publication number: 20230258190Abstract: A centrifugal compressor includes a rotary shaft having a plurality of impellers and a casing having an intermediate discharge port. The casing has a plurality of diaphragms, an external casing, a return flow path that guides a flow direction of a working fluid to an inner side in a radial direction, and an intermediate scroll that guides part of the working fluid discharged from the impeller in an intermediate stage to the intermediate discharge port. The intermediate scroll has a scroll flow path formed on a second side in the axial direction with respect to the return flow path, and an introduction portion connecting the return flow path and the scroll flow path, and an outer flow path forming surface of the scroll flow path is formed by a casing inner peripheral surface facing an inner side of the external casing in the radial direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 30, 2023Publication date: August 17, 2023Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES COMPRESSOR CORPORATIONInventors: Akihiro Nakaniwa, Jo Masutani, Shinichiro Tokuyama, Yoshiaki Shoji
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Patent number: 11371512Abstract: A centrifugal compressor includes a housing 20 having a facing surface 22f facing the outer peripheral surface of a cover 43, a seal member 50 forming a clearance with the outer peripheral surface of the cover 43, an inclined hole 55 formed in the seal member 50, extending at an angle to the side opposite to a direction of rotation, and having an opening portion 57 opening at a position facing the outer peripheral surface of the cover 43, a first fin 52 provided on the seal member 50 and protruding toward the outer peripheral surface of the cover 43, and a communication flow path portion 64 formed in the housing 20, having an introduction port 66i opening at a position facing the outer peripheral surface of the cover 43, and communicating with the inclined hole 55.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2019Date of Patent: June 28, 2022Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES COMPRESSOR CORPORATIONInventors: Masaki Shakuda, Shinichiro Tokuyama
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Patent number: 11221018Abstract: A compressor includes a rotation shaft that is capable of rotating around a main axis, an impeller provided integrally with the rotation shaft, a casing that covers the impeller from an outer circumferential side and forms a flow path through which a working fluid circulates, a discharge scroll that is provided at an end of the flow path on a downstream side and extends in a spiral shape around the main axis, a discharge nozzle that communicates with the discharge scroll on the downstream side and extends from the discharge scroll in a tangent direction around the main axis, and a pressure loss body that has a plate shape extending in a direction orthogonal to an axis of the discharge nozzle extending in a radial direction orthogonal to the main axis and is capable of blocking a part of a flow path cross-section of the discharge nozzle.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2020Date of Patent: January 11, 2022Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES COMPRESSOR CORPORATIONInventors: Shuichi Yamashita, Jo Masutani, Chihiro Myoren, Shinichiro Tokuyama, Yuta Okumura
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Patent number: 11209021Abstract: This centrifugal rotary machine includes an impeller having a disk, blades, and a cover. The centrifugal rotary machine further includes a casing which accommodates the impeller radially inward and forms a gap between an outer circumferential surface of the cover and the casing. The centrifugal rotary machine further includes a sealing device which seals the gap. The casing includes an end wall surface which is disposed to face one axial side of a cover end surface facing one axial side of the cover, extends in the radial direction and forms a radial flow path between the end wall surface and the cover end surface. The casing further includes a foreign matter introduction path which is formed inside the casing and communicates with a radially outer side of the radial flow path.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2017Date of Patent: December 28, 2021Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES COMPRESSOR CORPORATIONInventors: Akihiro Nakaniwa, Shinichiro Tokuyama
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Publication number: 20210190077Abstract: A centrifugal rotary machine includes: an impeller which includes a disk, blades, and a cover; and a sealing device which seals the gap, in which the casing includes an end wall surface which defines a radial flow path between the end wall surface and a cover end surface, an inlet-side inner peripheral surface which is connected to a radially inner side of the end wall surface and extends to the one side in the axial direction so as to define an introduction flow path of a fluid to the impeller, and a circulation flow path which is formed in the casing and is open to an end portion on a radially outer side of the end wall surface and the inlet-side inner peripheral surface to cause the radial flow path and the introduction flow path to communicate with each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 8, 2017Publication date: June 24, 2021Applicant: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Compressor CorporationInventors: Akihiro NAKANIWA, Shinichiro TOKUYAMA
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Patent number: 11041497Abstract: A centrifugal rotary machine includes: an impeller which includes a disk, blades, and a cover; and a sealing device which seals the gap, in which the casing includes an end wall surface which defines a radial flow path between the end wall surface and a cover end surface, an inlet-side inner peripheral surface which is connected to a radially inner side of the end wall surface and extends to the one side in the axial direction so as to define an introduction flow path of a fluid to the impeller, and a circulation flow path which is formed in the casing and is open to an end portion on a radially outer side of the end wall surface and the inlet-side inner peripheral surface to cause the radial flow path and the introduction flow path to communicate with each other.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2017Date of Patent: June 22, 2021Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES COMPRESSOR CORPORATIONInventors: Akihiro Nakaniwa, Shinichiro Tokuyama
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Patent number: 11041504Abstract: A rotor for a centrifugal compressor includes: a rotor main; an impeller; and a contact member. The rotor main body extends in an axis direction and includes a recessed part that is disposed on an outer circumferential surface. The impeller includes: a cylinder part having a cylindrical shape that extends around the axis direction and includes an inner circumferential surface with a fitting region tightly fitted to the outer circumferential surface of the rotor main body; an annular disc that extends from the cylinder part to a radial outer side with respect to the axis direction; a plurality of blades disposed at intervals in a circumferential direction on a surface facing one side in the axis direction of the annular disc; and a cover that covers the plurality of blades from the one side in the axis direction. The contact member is fitted into the recessed part.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2015Date of Patent: June 22, 2021Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES COMPRESSOR CORPORATIONInventor: Shinichiro Tokuyama
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Patent number: 10989201Abstract: A centrifugal compressor includes: a rotating shaft; a first impeller; a second impeller which is disposed on a downstream side of the first impeller; a return flow path which guides a first fluid flowing to a radially outer side from the first impeller toward a radially inner side; an introduction flow path which introduces the fluid guided to the radially inner side to the second impeller; an intermediate suction flow path which additionally supplies a second fluid to the second impeller; and a curved flow path which is connected to a downstream side of the introduction flow path and the intermediate suction flow path, and guides the first fluid and the second fluid to the second impeller, wherein a side surface on an upstream side of the introduction flow path is disposed on the downstream side from a return position of the return flow path.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2017Date of Patent: April 27, 2021Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES COMPRESSOR CORPORATIONInventors: Shuichi Yamashita, Akihiro Nakaniwa, Ryosuke Saito, Shinichiro Tokuyama
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Patent number: 10982548Abstract: An impeller includes a disk that has tubular first and second disk members, a blade that is integrally provided with the second disk member, and a cover that is integrally provided with the blade and covers the blade. The first disk member has a ring-shaped recessed portion therein. The second disk member has a ring-shaped engaging portion that is configured to engage with the first disk member by being inserted into the recessed portion. A first shrink-fitting portion is provided in a boundary portion between an outer circumferential surface of the engaging portion and an inner circumferential surface of the recessed portion that comes into contact with the outer circumferential surface.Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 2017Date of Patent: April 20, 2021Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES COMPRESSOR CORPORATIONInventors: Nobuyori Yagi, Akihiko Morikawa, Shinichiro Tokuyama, Hiroki Takagi, Kenji Itagaki
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Patent number: 10876546Abstract: A centrifugal compressor that includes a rotor including a shaft rotatably supported in a casing and an impeller secured to an outer periphery of the shaft; a diaphragm surrounding the impeller from an outer peripheral side; a suction side casing head disposed so as to be spaced apart from the diaphragm on a side where a fluid is suctioned; a temperature adjusting mechanism that is provided in the suction side casing head and configured to adjust a temperature of environment by flow of a heat medium; a heat shield that is provided between the suction side casing head and the diaphragm and defines, together with the impeller, a suction flow path through which the fluid is introduced to the impeller; and a plurality of straightening vanes that are provided in the suction flow path and configured to straighten the fluid flowing through the suction flow path.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2017Date of Patent: December 29, 2020Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES COMPRESSOR CORPORATIONInventors: Noriyuki Okada, Eiichi Yanagisawa, Kazutoshi Yoko, Yuji Masuda, Shinichiro Tokuyama
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Patent number: 10837071Abstract: A method of manufacturing a hollow element which has an internal space and of which the internal space is cryogenically used, the method comprising a base material forming step of forming a base material which has a space to serve as the internal space; a filling step of filling the internal space of the formed base material with fluid having a temperature equal to or lower than a temperature at which the base material is subjected to solid-phase transformation and causing the base material to be subjected to the solid-phase transformation; and a finishing step of finishing the base material after the base material is subjected to phase transformation.Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 2015Date of Patent: November 17, 2020Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES COMPRESSOR CORPORATIONInventors: Yusuke Ishibashi, Shugo Iwasaki, Shinichiro Tokuyama, Yuji Masuda, Kosei Kawahara
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Patent number: 10808728Abstract: A multistage centrifugal compressor includes a casing, a rotor including a plurality of impellers, a diaphragm defining a gas flow path that includes a return flow path, and at least one liquid injection device configured to inject liquid into the gas flow path. The liquid injection device includes a liquid injection path, an internal path, a chamber, and a plurality of nozzles. The liquid injection path penetrates through the casing at a position corresponding to a return bend. The internal path receives a liquid supply pipe inserted from the liquid injection path through the return bend. The chamber is provided in the diaphragm along a circumferential direction and the liquid is introduced into the chamber through the internal path. The plurality of nozzles inject the liquid introduced into the chamber, to the gas flow path from different positions of the chamber in the circumferential direction.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2018Date of Patent: October 20, 2020Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES COMPRESSOR CORPORATIONInventor: Shinichiro Tokuyama
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Publication number: 20200309150Abstract: A compressor includes a rotation shaft that is capable of rotating around a main axis, an impeller provided integrally with the rotation shaft, a casing that covers the impeller from an outer circumferential side and forms a flow path through which a working fluid circulates, a discharge scroll that is provided at an end of the flow path on a downstream side and extends in a spiral shape around the main axis, a discharge nozzle that communicates with the discharge scroll on the downstream side and extends from the discharge scroll in a tangent direction around the main axis, and a pressure loss body that has a plate shape extending in a direction orthogonal to an axis of the discharge nozzle extending in a radial direction orthogonal to the main axis and is capable of blocking a part of a flow path cross-section of the discharge nozzle.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 18, 2020Publication date: October 1, 2020Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES COMPRESSOR CORPORATIONInventors: Shuichi Yamashita, Jo Masutani, Chihiro Myoren, Shinichiro Tokuyama, Yuta Okumura
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Publication number: 20200300251Abstract: The present invention provides a centrifugal compressor (1) including: a rotating shaft (2) which extends in an axial direction (D); a first impeller (3a); a second impeller (3b) which is disposed on a downstream side (D2) of the first impeller (3a); a return flow path (30) which guides a first fluid (G1) flowing to a radially outer side from the first impeller (3a) toward a radially inner side; an introduction flow path (26) which introduces the fluid guided to the radially inner side to the second impeller (3b); an intermediate suction flow path (10) which additionally supplies a second fluid (G2) to the second impeller (3b); and a curved flow path (27) which is connected to a downstream side of the introduction flow path (26) and the intermediate suction flow path (10), extends to be bent toward the downstream side (D2), and guides the first fluid and the second fluid to the second impeller (3b), wherein a side surface (26a) on an upstream side of the introduction flow path (26) is disposed on the downstreType: ApplicationFiled: March 23, 2017Publication date: September 24, 2020Applicants: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES COMPRESSOR CORPORATION, MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES COMPRESSOR CORPORATIONInventors: Shuichi Yamashita, Akihiro Nakaniwa, Ryosuke Saito, Shinichiro Tokuyama
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Patent number: 10684234Abstract: A method for inspecting a rotary machine having a fluid flow path includes a step of connecting an observation device to a connection port having an open/close valve that opens/closes a communication hole that communicates with the outside of the rotary machine and the flow path, the main body being connected to the connection port where the open/close valve is closed; a step of opening the open/close valve and inserting an insertion rod protruding from the main body of the observation device into the communication hole; a step of observing the inside of the flow path by an observation optical system provided at a leading end portion of the insertion rod; a step of withdrawing the insertion rod from the communication hole and closing the open/close valve; and a step of detaching the main body of the observation device from the connection port.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2015Date of Patent: June 16, 2020Assignee: MITSUBHISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES COMPRESSOR CORPORATIONInventors: Yuji Masuda, Shinichiro Tokuyama
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Publication number: 20200132078Abstract: A centrifugal compressor includes a housing 20 having a facing surface 22f facing the outer peripheral surface of a cover 43, a seal member 50 forming a clearance with the outer peripheral surface of the cover 43, an inclined hole 55 formed in the seal member 50, extending at an angle to the side opposite to a direction of rotation, and having an opening portion 57 opening at a position facing the outer peripheral surface of the cover 43, a first fin 52 provided on the seal member 50 and protruding toward the outer peripheral surface of the cover 43, and a communication flow path portion 64 formed in the housing 20, having an introduction port 66i opening at a position facing the outer peripheral surface of the cover 43, and communicating with the inclined hole 55.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 24, 2019Publication date: April 30, 2020Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES COMPRESSOR CORPORATIONInventors: Masaki Shakuda, Shinichiro Tokuyama
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Patent number: 10626878Abstract: A method for inspecting a rotary machine having a flow path through which a fluid flows includes a step of measuring a width of the flow path by a non-contact sensor in a stationary component of the rotary machine at a position facing the flow path; and a step of determining whether or not the measured width of the flow path is less than a predetermined lower limit threshold.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2015Date of Patent: April 21, 2020Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES COMPRESSOR CORPORATIONInventors: Yuji Masuda, Shinichiro Tokuyama